ORLANDO, Fla. It was like old times Friday for Tayshaun Prince. The veteran forward scored 23 points for the Detroit Pistons (28-44) in a 111-97 victory over the Orlando Magic at the Amway Center. Prince's big shooting night was in support of Reggie Jackson's triple double of 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists as the Pistons have won five games out of six. Andre Drummond added 16 points, nine rebounds and two blocked shots. Prince was the starting small forward for the 2004 world champion team, and it looked like his days of contributing to Pistons playoffs runs were over when he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in January 2013. But he was brought back to the Pistons from...

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